THE AVR WENT TO VANCOUVER ISLAND MODEL ENGINEERS AS OUR THIRD STOP ON THE RAMBLE JULY 3RD, TO JULY 6TH 2012. WE BROUGHT OUR TRAILER FULL OF EQUIPMENT AND TWO LOCOMOTIVES. BILL'S PACIFIC #2365, AND LENS MIKADO 5303, 17 CARS WERE UNLOADED FROM THE AVR TRAILER AND THREE FROM LEN'S VAN. MEMBERS OF THE CLUB FROM WINNIPEG WERE, BILL TAYLOR, AND LEN LA RUE. MEMBER FROM THE AVR BUT FROM OTHER PLACES WAS CLIFF PLUMPTON.
ALL PICTURES TAKEN BY BILL TAYLOR UNLESS NOTED. CLICK ON SMALL PICTURES TO MAKE THEM BIGGER If you can add names or details about equipment and people in the pictures please send them along. Just go to the AVR main page and click my e-mail
# 1 - ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE VANCOUVER ISLAND ROUNDHOUSE.
# 2 - AVR TRAIN 2365 READY TO TAKE A 17 CAR TRAIN DOWN THE HILL AND AROUND THEIR GREAT SALMON CREEK RUN.
# 3 -THE MIKADO 5303 GETTING READY FOR HER RUN.
# 4 - A TRIO OF CPR LOCOMOTIVES READY FOR A DAY OF RUNNING.
# 5 - IN HONOUR OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIME CLUB CLIFF AND BILL PUT TOGETHER A 40 CAR TRAIN THAT THE TWO PACIFIC'S COULD PULL AROUND THE RAILWAY. WE MANAGED QUITE NICELY BUT THE ROSTER OF AVAILABLE EQUIPMENT WAS STRETCHED.
RETURN TO THE AVR HOME PAGE AND LOTS MORE PICTURES. of other clubs we have visited and more about the ASSINIBOINE VALLEY RAILWAY and check out our New Pacific.
Page new on JULY 16th, 2012 by Bill Taylor of Winnipeg
